Indian Matchmaking (TV Series)
Indian Matchmaking (2020): This was a ridiculous reality show about a professional matchmaker being engaged to find life partners for a handful of singles spread between India & the USA.…
August 2020
The confusion of zeroes in Bank Account numbers
Most often, when doing electronic fund transfers (IMPS, UPI, NEFT or RTGS) we get the account numbers or the IFSC code in India wrong when consecutive zeroes come or we…
The taxpayers’ charter for India
I had an Income Tax case running for one of my businesses from FY 2006-07 until it ended in FY2016-17. For a decade, the case wound its way through the…
The Diamond Arm (1969)
The Diamond Arm (1969) aka Brilliantovaya ruka (1969), is a Russian Comedy film that had a homespun feeling yet was jocular and entertaining. A good way to spend a evening…
Microsoft Surface Duo Phone
After nearly five years of exiting the Phone market with their last Windows Phones, Microsoft has re-entered the market with a new phone, the Microsoft Surface Duo, which is branded…
Moon (2009)
Moon (2009) is a Sci-Fi directed by Duncan Jones: this is his directorial debut, later he went on to make movies like Source Code (2011), a movie I liked. The…
Anna Karenina: Vronsky’s Story (2017)
Published in 1878, Anna Karenina is one of the well-known characters of the legendary Leo Tolstoy; Wikipedia, says it to be the greatest work of literature ever! The novel has…
Humour in Uniforms
My interactions with the people in the (Indian) Army were during my School Days in NCC (National Cadet Corps) – mainly during the 13 Days Sivaji Trail trek in 1988…